Robert D. Cooter

7.3k citations
160 papers · 3.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

Impact in

  • Law top 0.02%
    • Legal principles and applications
    • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
    • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
    • Legal and Constitutional Studies
    • Economic Theory and Institutions

Papers in

  • Law 46
    • Legal principles and applications 23
    • Judicial and Constitutional Studies 13
    • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems 78
    • Legal and Constitutional Studies 48
    • Economic Theory and Institutions 8

Robert D. Cooter

140 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Law and Economics 1988 · 508 citations
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Robert D. Cooter
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  • Law 1.1k
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.6k
  • General Decision Sciences 124
  • Safety Research 370
  • Pharmacy 194
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All Works

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2
Not the Power to Destroy: An Effects to Theory of the Tax Power
20121
3
Maturing into Normal Science: The Effect of Empirical Legal Studies on Law and Economics
20116
4
Collective Action Federalism: A General Theory of Article I, Section 8
20108
5
The Intrinsic Value of Obeying a Law: Economic Analysis of the Internal Viewpoint
200611
6
Law, Information, and the Poverty of Nations
20051
7
Hand Rule Damages for Incompensable Losses
20032
8
Three Effects of Social Norms on Law: Expression, Deterrence, and Internalization
200037
9
The Virtuous Circle of Distrust: A Mechanism to Deter Bribes and Other Cooperative Crimes
200011
10
The Rule of State Law Versus the Rule-of-Law State: Economic Analysis of the Legal Foundations of Development
199724
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Normative Failure Theory of Law
199629
12
The payment system : cases, materials, and issues
19946
13
The Fiduciary Relationship: Its Economic Character and Legal Consequences
199151
14
Best Right Laws: Value Foundations of the Economic Analysis of Law
19896
15
Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution
1989433
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Punitive Damages for Deterence: When and How Much
198813
17
A Theory of Loss Allocation for Consumer Payments
198711
18
Reply to I. M. D. Little's Comment [Were the Ordinalists Wrong about Welfare Economics?]
19854
19 198354
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Were the Ordinalists Wrong About Welfare Economics
1983122

About Robert D. Cooter

Robert D. Cooter is a scholar working on Law, Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Safety Research and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 160 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (78 papers), Legal and Constitutional Studies (48 papers), Legal principles and applications (23 papers), Judicial and Constitutional Studies (13 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (10 papers), Corruption and Economic Development (8 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (8 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Law (1.1k citations), Economics and Econometrics (2.6k citations), General Decision Sciences (124 citations), Safety Research (370 citations) and Pharmacy (194 citations). Robert D. Cooter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Thomas S. Ulen, Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Ariel Porat, Lewis A. Kornhauser, Peter Rappoport, Robert H. Mnookin, Stephen Gary Marks, Tom Ginsburg, Iris Bohnet and Janet T. Landa. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Legal Studies, International Review of Law and Economics, California Law Review, The University of Chicago Law Review and The American Journal of Comparative Law.

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